European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 29, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Thursday March 29, 1990 the stars and stripes Page 7 sign of the times plaintiff Jaimie Johnson left and judge David Saxe View a computer screen in new Yorkus supreme court tuesday As a computer system makes its debut. A lawyers question appears on the screen almost instantaneously after being asked. The system was developed for deaf witnesses who do not know sign language. Human vegetable revives after 8 years Madison wis. Apr a Hospital patient in a vegetative state for eight years unexpectedly a woke up and started talking two weeks ago after being Given a tranquil Izer for routine dental work. A i have to Tell you he was a different Man. He knew his name the name of his family where he used to work. He could add subtract and perform complicated calculations a or. Andres Kanner said. The Man identified Only As a Wisconsin Man in his mid-40s, revived after being Given valium at the University of Wisconsin on March 12, Kanner said. The Man injured in a traffic Accident 10 years ago was not in a coma but a vegetative state meaning his eyes were open and he occasionally uttered words. After the tranquil Izer was administered for the dental work the Man fell asleep for five minutes Kanner said. A then he woke up and started talking a Kanner said. A the was Able to answer questions say his name to feed himself and the Man lapsed Back into the vegetative state hours later. He was Given a second dose that brought him out of it for 90 minutes then was Able to do calculations and recall aspects of his life Kanner said. The Man has since received different longer lasting forms of Benzonia Pepines a family of drugs that includes valium and barbiturates that allow him to remain Lucid for 10 to 12 hours at a time. Bleak study issued on Tropic illness by the Washington Post almost 500 million people worldwide Are infected with tropical diseases and the prospects for controlling major global killers such As malaria and schistosomiasis Are worsening according to a world health organization report. Progress against tropical diseases has been hampered by inadequate research funding poverty and economic upheaval in Many of the affected countries and by the development of resistance to drugs and insecticides used to control infections according to the report. It is the first global assessment on the Impact of illnesses. Tropical diseases cause about half of the worlds illness but receive Only about 3 percent of its medical research funds said Tore Godal director of the who a special program for research and training in tropical diseases. He said drug companies have been reluctant to Bridge the Gap because they doubt that new treatments will be profitable. A these Are diseases of poor people in poor countries a he said. A the pharmaceutical Industry. Is not Able to commit itself to full fledged drug and vaccine malaria by far the most widespread tropical disease is increasing in several regions of the world because of changes in land use. Also cited Are the malaria parasites increasing resistance to drugs and malaria carrying mosquitoes increasing resistance to insecticides said Jose Najera director of who a division of control of tropical diseases. He said Brazil accounts for about half of the cases in the americas largely because of increasing Amazon settlements. Najera said economic development is contributing to upsurge in Many tropical diseases because it leads to irrigation colonization Road building and rapid growth of cities. All Aid transmission of parasitic infections he Gas is Kosher for passover Rosemount Minn. Up a Koch refining Carbon dioxide Gas is Kosher. Rabbi Asher Zeilingold certified monday that Carbon dioxide produced at the Oil refinery meets jewish dietary Laws for consumption during passover. Koch Carbon dioxide can be used to put the fizz in 50,000 cases of passover pop. The Baltimore bottler normally gets its Carbon dioxide from Archer Daniels Midland an Illinois agricultural processing company that supplies Gas produced As a byproduct to Corn based ethanol. Jewish Law forbids consuming foods derived from Grain during passover. So Archer had to come up with Zaibon dioxide not derived from Grain to Supply customers who produce Kosher soda for passover which starts the evening of april 9. Zvoch s Carbon dioxide is a byproduct of its Hydrogen product ?r0ness�?T w t1 no brain in conch. Iut tons a As could not be used until it was officially approved by a rabbi. Shr a 4uan, no a on a say we re to we up i i environmental Laws a Zih n shr with jewish Laws a spokesman Thompson a to utilities told to use new Gas valves Washington apr the National transportation safety Board on tuesday called for utilities to install new equipment to help prevent explosions and fires from leaking pipes that Supply natural Gas to Homes. The Board recommended a urgent action by the department of transportation to require the devices called excess flow valves on residential Gas lines. In addition the Board encouraged the Utility Industry to voluntarily provide customers with the Opportunity to buy the equipment and have it installed. The recommendations were issued As part of a report that concluded that the devices could have helped prevent fatal natural Gas accidents in Kansas and Missouri. The valves automatically restrict the flow of Gas when certain increases occur possibly from a leak or rupture in the line. Four people were killed and a dozen injured in a series of five explosions Between september 1988 and March 1989 on Cpl Gas service lines in the two states. The Nosb faulted the Utility for inadequate training of inspectors and a poor system for identifying steel and cast Iron lines that could be particularly prone to corrosion and leaks. James l. Kolstad the Board chairman said the Cpl accidents reflect problems found throughout the Industry. A we done to think this is an isolated Case a said Kolstad. For instance the Board said utilities need to better Alert the Public to the Dan Gers of leaks and advise customers what to do when they smell Gas doors. The Nosb also recommended that Federal pipeline standards be extended to All portions of Gas lines running to Homes from main Supply lines. Regulatory protections including requirements for corrosion Protection and inspections currently cover Only service lines to a customers meter from the main line. Yard lines which go from the meter to the House Are the responsibility of homeowners. Utilities have no obligation to inspect or maintain them. The five member Board recommended that Dot change its regulations to extend the safety standards and said utilities should be required to install the excess flow valves on new High pressure residential service lines and those being replaced. Carter confident on Mideast prospects Washington apr former president Carter says he does not think the United states has pushed Israel too hard to negotiate with palestinians on a Middle East settlement. A i think our government ought to use its maximum influence in Israel and the other countries As Well to go to the bargaining table to find peace a Carter told reporters tuesday after emerging from a 35-minute meeting with president Bush at the White House. The United states has been pressing the israelis to open talks with the palestinians. A i think what president Bush has expressed is a policy that a been our governments for the last 23 years a said Carter just Back from his latest trip to the Middle East. A i was very encouraged with this trip in spite of the uncertainty about the israeli government a Carter said. A i think there a a general acceptance now that a comprehensive peace is not Only necessary but i think Carter was overheard mentioning the situation in Lithuania As he and Bush posed for photographers at the Start of the meeting. Carter told reporters afterwards that so Viet president Mikhail Gorbachev faces the dilemma of whether to let part of the soviet Union break away or a whether to treat with compassion and understanding the move that he himself has precipitated toward democracy Freedom and Independence. A i think our government has played it very Well so far by imploring All parties not to resort to Force or violence and to resolve this in a peaceful fashion a said Carter. Asked if there was a danger that relations could unravel Carter said a a there a always a danger but i done to want to comment on
